I'm happy for Kevin Garnett

I was trying to point out some reasonable answers to unpainted's questions that he posed.

I think we just have different opinions on Garnett's performance down the stretch. Like I said, I respect your opinion, you certainly are not the only one that has this view.

This view tends to be really overdone and that some of the reasoning is subjective (likewise, my opinion is subjective too). I feel like even if Garnett scored 40 in the 4th quarter in game 6, critics would just continue to fine tune the same argument. (i.e. Garnett only scored 40 because he had Pierce and Allen! why didn't he does this in Minnesota? He hasn't made any game winners! None of the points were scored with 3 players on him and the shot clock at zero! etc etc etc).
 
honestly man, I wanted him to do just that

I wanted him to take over a game down the stretch just once. By all appearances he's capable, however he just doesn't do it when the opportunity is there.

It's not accurate to say that if he had scored 40 in the 4th that I would continue to point out his issues. That's the exact opposite of what I would do. I've been talking elsewhere all throughout the playoffs about this and always said "KG, prove me wrong".
 
I wasn't calling you out specifically unpainted, no worries.

I was trying to point out that using some of the same reasoning in this argument, a critic could just continue to become more and more specific if he dislikes a player enough. Lets say that Garnett scores 12 in the 4th quarter of a close Finals game, to win the series. Is this enough for critics to be wrong? Is it 16, or 18, or 20? What if he has 2 points and 12 rebounds? or a game winning block to win it all?

"The Line" for squashing this opinion on Garnett is subjective, that is why I was highlighting "opinion vs fact" so often in this thread. By some people's standards, such as myself, Garnett has shown that he is just fine down the stretch because there is more to account for than scoring 20 points, such as steals, blocks, help defense, double teams, rebounds, etc etc. By other people's standards, such as yourself, he is not quite there. Which is fine, but the point is, there isn't factual evidence for this "line" because it is subjective how a person looks at the statistics.
 
I'm not disagreeing with your final points. It's clear that my point can't be conveyed via interweb message boards

I'm better at watching a game and pointing out in real time what a player is lacking. My eyes tell me one thing and my corresponding communication skills via the web do not connect.

truce
 
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